“I would suggest moving back,” Bush said as he climbed into the cab of a massive D-10 tractor. “I’m about to crank this sucker up.” As the engine roared to life, White House staffers tried to steer the press corps to safety, but when the tractor lurched forward, they too were forced to scramble for safety.”Get out of the way!” a news photographer yelled. “I think he might run us over!” said another. White House aides tried to herd the reporters the right way without getting run over themselves. Even the Secret Service got involved, as one agent began yelling at reporters to get clear of the tractor. Watching the chaos below, Bush looked out the tractor’s window and laughed, steering the massive machine into the spot where most of the press corps had been positioned.
I Have Had My Differences With Members of the Press. But it’s Nothing That Burying them Under Tons of Earth Won’t Solve (Newsweek blog, via Slog)
Isn’t there some poetry to this? The most useless, self-important twit in world playing a stupid prank on hysterical sycophants?
It’s like a metaphor for the last several years.
if he want to run heavy machinery put him behind a tank in iraq. i bet that would wipe his smile off his face!